The NHL’s annual Stadium Series game is set to take place this weekend at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will be modeling some fancy new gear.

The two teams will be wearing newly designed jerseys for the event. They’ll also be rocking specially-painted helmets featuring zoomed in versions of the teams’ primary logos.

This marks Adidas’s first foray into helmets since taking over as the NHL’s apparel supplier.

ANNAPOLIS — Heavy winds created havoc along east coast on Friday, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in the Washington, DC region, the federal government shut down, and Amtrak service suspended along the Northeast Corridor. It has thrown plans for Stadium Series game here between the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs to the wind. The NHL says it will provide an update at 1:30 pm Saturday on whether the game, scheduled for 8 pm that night, will go ahead as planned.(more…)